We had a great holiday weekend. We had Thanksgiving dinner at our house, went Black Friday shopping starting at midnight (I know, I'm insane), celebrated my birthday and went out with friends on Saturday.
Thanksgiving day was great! I started the day off with coffee and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade! Juanita, Dave, Ang, Derek, Jenn, Caden, Nat all came over. Juanita handled all the cooking (I'm so lucky) and I contributed the kitchen and deviled eggs!
Black Friday shopping was actually fun this year. I had gone one other time, but didn't buy anything, so I vowed to never go again. Too crowded, too few deals (unless you wanted to wait in lines for big screens), too little sleep... the reasons why I vowed to never bother with BF again could go on and on! This year, I hadn't planned on going, but when Jenn suggested it, I went for it...and I found some awesome deals! Movies, blankets, games, jackets...I'm stoked I got such a good start to Christmas shopping. I even splurged on a birthday present for me... Sex in the City DVD for $1.97! :)
Friday was a great day - Aaron and I got to go have lunch together and do some fun Christmas decorating shopping. We ventured to Hobby Lobby, against Aaron's will (but it was my birthday, so he didn't really have a choice in the matter!). I could spend hours there!! Everything I got was half off, which made the trip that much sweeter.
On Saturday, Carter and I spent some quality time making Christmas platters. Thanks to Andrea for the idea! They turned out so cute! I'm looking forward to doing some other crafts for Christmas!
Saturday night Aaron and I met up with some friends downtown. I had never really spent an evening downtown, so it was nice for a change. Downtown was so much fun! Copper Lounge (for a split second!), Lucky's, Wiley's and Club David. We managed to get home around 3a. That is absolutely unheard of!! When you have 2 kids under the age of 3, coming home at three in the morning is a rarity. But, sometimes, you have to cut-loose, have some adult time, catch up and let the other people in your life know you still value their friendships!
So needless to say, with the weekend being jam packed with family, food and fun, I'm spent. Today has been super lazy! We slept in, ordered out and watched football (Go Bears!!). Now the kids are sleeping and it's time to get ready for the work week.
Now, this is my first time blogging and for some reason I feel compelled to sign off, like I'm writing a letter to someone...but I guess in a way, it kind of is (if anyone ever reads this). So, I won't fight the urge to tell "you" to have a wonderful week (whoever "you" is)!!
